Barbecue grill



P. LOFFREDO BARBECUE GRILL June 13, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 6,1945 INVENTOR. P5767? 401%?500 June 13, 1950 P. LOFFREDO 2,511,594

BARBECUE GRILL Filed July 6, 1945- 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fig. 7

INVENTOR.

ATTORNE 'Patented June 13, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BARBECUEGRILL Peter Loflredo, Waukesha, Wis.

Application July 6, 1945, Serial No. 603,559

3 Claims.

My invention refers to barbecue grills, and more particularly to a typeof portable outdoor cooking device.

The object of my invention is to provide a barbecue grill that may beassembled quickly,

set up to its operating position, and disassembled ner to provide easydumping of the fire and hot coal after its use.

It is apparent that the device, as specified, illustrated and claimedherein, provides a very compact, clean, inexpensive grill that may beconstructed out of metal that is light in weight, so that it will adaptitself for transportation very easily.

Other and further objects of my invention will become morerapparent asthe description proceeds when taken inconjunction with the drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled device ready for use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the fire box or fuel basket, showingits component parts and their relation to one another.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the spit which is designed to compriseadjustable prongs and to be rotatably and horizontally supported abovethe grid.

Figure 4 is a top view of the device without the fire basket, showingthe table plate in an open position.

Figure 5 is a bottom view of the frame with the legs supported therein,and the table top in a folded position.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of the method of assembling the legs,which are shown in cross section, to the frame, and

Figure 7 is a bottom view of the entire assembly in a folded positionfor transportation.

Similar characters of reference indicate cor-,

responding parts throughout the several views, and referring now to thesame, the character III shows a rectangular frame illustrated as beingconstructed of angle iron. At the four corners 56 of the frame are shownleg supports in the form of sockets arranged to receive the legs shownas I2. These legs are constructed of tubes, but may be angle iron or anyother shaped material. Obviously, the supports II must correspond withthe contour of the shape of the leg. There are clamping screws I3through the walls of the leg supports. These screws are employedtoretain the legs in a rigid position when the device is assembled. Across member I4, extending within the rectangular frame Ii], supports atable plate I5 of sheet metal. This plate I5 is hingedly' attached tothe cross member I4 at I6.

There is a grid I'I hingedly attached to the frame I0 by means of hingesI8. This grid extends across the top of the frame Ill between one end ofthe frame and the cross member I4. The front of the frame I0 is providedwith a handle, shown at I9, and a grid clip 23 fastened is being burntfor the use of the device, and the two fuel supports 24, hinged at 25,are held togetherat their low point by means of an engaging member 28.

Hingedly attached to the end plate assembly 7 22 are shown verticaladjustment supports 29 which are equipped with handles 30 at their topand are shown hingedly attached at the point 3|. These adjustmentsupports 29 are provided with adjustment grooves 32 and 32 forsupporting the basket assembly 2| and the spit assembly, shown as 33.This spit consists of a pair of stationary prongs 34 and a pair ofadjustably mounted prongs 35 mounted to a shaft 38, and fastened to theshaft 38 by means of a thumb screw 36. The depending end 31 of theshaft38 is arranged to rest within one of the grooves or open slots 32-7 while the bearing 39 on the shaft 38 would fit into any of the grooves32. The shaft 38 terminates into a crank handle 40, and a clamp M ismount- 5 ed to the shaft 38 for supporting and retaining the spitassembly in a fixed position when the support 4| contacts one of theadjustment sup- The object of the fuel support, of course, is toretainthe fuel that

